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  • spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
  • sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
  • sporangiospore — a spore that is produced within a sporangium.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
  • spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
  • springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • staffing ratio — the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
  • staggering bob — a newborn calf.
  • staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
  • staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • starting point — place where sth begins
  • state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
  • steganographer — an expert in steganography
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
  • stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
  • storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
  • straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • strange to say — surprisingly
  • strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
  • strong forward — power forward
  • strong-eye dog — a dog trained to control sheep by its gaze
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
  • surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
  • sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
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